M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo recently allowed the BBC to visit a huge mining site under their control which is vital to the production of the world's mobile phones - and over its ...

Kibetsi is one of nearly a million Congolese who have returned to their homes since the M23 rebel group — backed by Rwanda ...

Details of the UN’s report emerged as Rwandan President Paul Kagame said he was unsure whether a US-brokered peace deal with ...

Six months after closing key border crossings due to rebel advances, Uganda has reopened its border with the Democratic ...

Fighters with the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), which has ties to IS, killed civilians in the area of Irumu in the east of the country bordering Uganda. The attack comes as eastern Congo may see an ...

A recent US-brokered peace deal may have raised hopes of stability in eastern DRC. However, miners have told the BBC that M23’s control of mineral-rich areas could keep the conflict going.

A Congolese government soldier walks past a building damaged by the front line, near the eastern city of Goma, Congo, ...

The Chief of Defence Forces, General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has directed the immediate reopening of all border posts located near areas controlled by the M23 rebel movement in eastern Democratic ...

Uganda has reopened border posts with the Democratic Republic of Congo in areas under the control of the March 23 Movement ...

Domestic power struggles between President Tshisekedi and former president Kabila will likely complicate difficult ...

Balingene Kibetsi, a woman in her 60s with a child strapped to her back, stood beside the ruins of her wooden house in the small town of Sake, in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Residents of eastern DR Congo say the country's appearance at the Women's Africa Cup of Nations provides hope at a time of ...